Making the world’s invisible people, visible By Bill Gates | January 29, 2019

Bill Gates in his article writes,

” For the last decade, Nandan Nilekani has been working to make these “invisible people,” as he calls them, visible by giving them access to official identification. One of India’s leading technology entrepreneurs, Nandan joined the government of India to lead the launch of India’s national biometric ID system, which uses fingerprints and other biological traits to verify the identities of the country’s more than 1.3 billion residents. This ID system, known as Aadhaar (Hindi for “foundation”), is the world’s largest biometric identification system and has become a valuable platform for delivering social welfare programs and other government services.

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https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Heroes-in-the-Field-Nandan-Nilekani?WT.mc_id=01_29_2019_20_HITFNandanNilekani_BG-LI_&WT.tsrc=BGLI&linkId=62969100